Uppland / Upland

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design element - motifs - moulding - graded

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Image Source: digital image of a drawing by Peder Clason reproduced in Roosval (1917: fig. 99)

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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

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Image Source: digital image of a drawing by Peder Clason reproduced in Roosval (1917: fig. 99)

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design element - patterns - interlace

Scene Description: ball-shaped and covered in an intricate pattern

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Image Source: digital image of a drawing by Peder Clason reproduced in Roosval (1917: fig. 99)

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Image Source: digital image of an entry in Roosval (1917: 71)

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Image Source: digital image of a drawing by Peder Clason reproduced in Roosval (1917: fig. 99)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22665UPP
Museum and Inventory Number: Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Uppland, Uppsala län
Directions to Site: [the original church is unknown]
Ecclesiastic Region: [Uppsala stift]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 16th century,
Listed and illustrated in Roosval (1917) as a baptismal font of pink limestone or marble ["rosafärgad kalksten (marmor)"] dated in the 1500s and located at the SHM; of unknown provenance. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a narrow fringe of acanthus vine all around; the stem consists of an inverted cone over a ball covered in intricate interlace, and a round lower base with splaying moulded sides.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone [cf. FontNotes]
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 9 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 57 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm*
Basin Depth: 28 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 96 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Roosval (1917: 71)